GARETH Bale scores a long-ranger, Arsene Wenger has a loan moan and Liverpool braces for Luis Suarez bids. Read about what’s making news in world football with Paper Talk Weekend Wash Up.

Gareth Bales out Ronaldo-less Madrid

If there’s any player you don’t want to shank a goal kick to, it’s Gareth Bale.

But that’s exactly what Real Sociedad goalkeeper Claudio Bravo did in Madrid’s 4-0 win on the weekend.

So unconceivable was the error that the Spanish camera crew were focused on a child painting his face in the crowd when Bale was gifted the ball 30 metres from goal before smashing it into the bottom corner for his 13th La Liga goal of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo was out with injury but Carlo Ancelotti’s men were far too good and kept the pressure leader Atletico Madrid.

News_Rich_Media: Re-live all the goals from a frenzied weekend of Premier League football.

Wenger’s loan moan

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called for an overhaul, or abolishment, of the loan system.

Speaking before his side’s 3-0 loss to Everton, the Frenchman lamented the impact loanees Romelu Lukaku, Gareth Barry and Gerard Deulofeu have had at Goodison Park.

Wenger’s mood wouldn’t have been improved after Belgian Lukaku – on loan from Chelsea – scored a goal and set up another as the Gunners top four hopes took a hit against Roberto Martinez’s side.

Arsenal is no stranger to the loan system, but Wenger is adamant the rule where a player is banned from lining up against their parent club needs addressing.

“It would be best if players are loaned only in lower divisions or abroad - and even abroad I’m not convinced it is right,” he said.

“We have to make players available against the teams that loan them out, or the system is not defendable.”

News_Rich_Media: A comprehensive review of the two Sunday matches in the Premier League, featuring Liverpool's win over West Ham and Everton's drubbing of Arsenal.

Handball sir!

You don’t want to mess with Joda JC defender Guy Ramos in the Eredivisie.

Engaging in a verbal stoush with AZ Alkmaar opponent Aron Johannsson, Ramos decided to take matters into his own hands ... literally.

Liverpool braced for Suarez bids

Liverpool knows the flip side of Luis Suarez’s incredible goalscoring form, and is ready for clubs to “rattle our cage” to lure the Uruguayan away from Anfield.

The 27-year-old – who has netted a whopping 29 Premier League goals this season - signed a new contract in December and Reds managing director Ian Ayre is hoping their support for the striker through troubled times will be rewarded.

News_Rich_Media: Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win over West Ham, led by a rampant Steven Gerrard.

“There has been a lot written about Luis and he is a fantastic individual and we know he loves this club and the fans and has repaid anything he has done wrong in full,” Ayre told BBC Radio Five

“I think when you have a player like Luis, that is going to be a perennial issue.

“We don’t want to sell Luis Suarez and we’ve been consistent with that in every transfer window since he came here.”

The Sun stuff up

How good is Wayne Rooney?

Even when the Manchester United talisman is out injured, he still impresses.

That’s according to UK paper The Sun, who put the England striker in their team of the day, despite him watching the Red Devils’ 4-0 win over Newcastle United from the stands.

News_Image_File: Wayne Rooney makes The Sun’s team of the day without playing.

Ref memes

Premier League referee Anthony Taylor made some controversial calls in Liverpool’s 2-1 win over West Ham United in Monday morning (EDT).

He overruled his linesman despite Andy Carroll blatantly fouling Simon Mignolet, before awarding the Reds a penalty when John Flanagan went down in the box.

The twittersphere was quick to have its say in the only way it knows how ... memes.

Roberto Martinez is emerging as the leading a candidate to succeed Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, the Daily Mail reports.

The whisper in Spain is that if Arsenal doesn’t decide for a change at the top this summer then they could lose out to Real Madrid. If Madrid fail to win the Champions League and lose out in La Liga than Carlo Ancelotti could be on his way.

And there is talk in Madrid that Martinez would be the man to replace Ancelotti.

News_Rich_Media: Everton manager Roberto Martinez sits down with Daniel Garb to share his thoughts on their match against Arsenal and his plans for crashing the EPL's top four

Transfer bits and bobs

As the season comes to a close the transfer rumours are ramping up. Monday’s offerings include

-Chelsea’s Fernando Torres no longer has a future at the club and the signing of Diego Costa in the summer will be the final nail in Torres’s Stamford Bridge coffin.

-Liverpool wing-back Glen Johnson – off contract at the end of the season - is a target of Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid.

-Paris Saint-Germain is hopeful a bid of $68m is enough to sign David Luiz from Chelsea

News_Rich_Media: Everton moved closer to securing a top four spot with a resounding 3-0 victory over Arsenal at Goodison Park.

Anelka and Ronaldinho to link up?

Nicolas Anelka could soon line up alongside Brazil superstar Ronaldinho at Atletico Mineiro, according to club president Alexandre Kalil.

Kalil appeared to confirm the move on Twitter following a series of reports about the next move for the 35-year-old Frenchman after his contract was terminated at the Baggies.

“Anelka is a rooster,” Kalil tweeted in reference to the club’s cockerel mascot.

News_Rich_Media: Fox Sports football commentator Robbie Slater reflects on Liverpool's gritty 2-1 win over West Ham and a demoralising defeat for Arsenal.

Anelka left West Brom in disgrace after his deal was torn up for ‘gross misconduct’ after he was handed a five-match suspension for using an anti-Semitic quenelle gesture in December.

If Anelka goes to Belo Horizonte it would be the 12th club for the former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Arsenal player, including loans, and the seventh league of his career.

Sherwood says Lloris worth 100m pounds

Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood says it would take a world record bid for Spurs to consider selling goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who is believed to want to move to a club that can offer him Champions League football.

The France goalkeeper has been one of Spurs’ shining lights this campaign – keeping 12 clean sheets in the league – but Sherwood has no intentional of cashing in on his asset.

News_Rich_Media: Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood doesn't expect last round's embarrassment at the hands of Liverpool to have an effect on their match this weekend.

“He is one of the top goalies and unless someone is going to spend £100m on him, and keepers do not get bought for that money, I don’t think he will leave,” Sherwood told the Sunday Mirror.

“He is one of the best keepers around. Of course people are going to want him. But I’m also sure the club won’t be tempted to get rid of him.

“It was only that kind of figure that tempted the club to sell Gareth Bale and he desperately wanted to leave to progress his career at Real Madrid.”